Hello Kitty Giveaway Winner ...

One of my friends little girls was over the house today and she is always my little helper I call her my play niece !! She wanted to pick the winner and she usually picks the winner for me by video but this time we decided to do pictures instead !!

I wrote everyone's name on a piece of paper from 1 entry up to 4 entries. I put them all in a basket and let my little helper pick the winner !!

Congratulations to Amy Orvin !!

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this giveaway and for all those that are following me on my Fan Page on FB I will be taking all of your names and entering you in a fun giveaway in June so stay tuned !!

Life As I Know it

Where have I been, I am sure is the question you want to ask me. I haven't updated my blog since around Christmas time and I have so much to update you all on. There is so many things that have changed in my life.

My sister and her husband have had there first child. My niece was born January 8th. She is such a beautiful soul. I love her so much. I have never felt the love I feel for her for anyone else, so I can only image how my sister feels.

It has been such a joy watching her grow and learn new things everyday. She is now 4 months old and so beautiful .

As far as me, I am now single again haha I feel like I am so enriched and blessed in so many areas in my life, but when it comes to love I have had no luck. I do have faith that God will give me the man of my dreams when the time is right and the stars align.

I have also been working hard on designing different jewelry pieces for my etsy shop. I am planning on opening another esty shop soon just for my photography. My photography blog I update at least once a month on my different projects I work on. I really love taking pictures and I am currently working on my portfolio which has been challenging and rewarding. If you have a chance visit my photography blog and let me know what you think.

I feel like everything is moving at lighting speed and I have been so busy with work that I needed to make some time to play !! In one week I am heading to Jamaica for vacation with my best friend and cousin !! It is going to be a fun girls trip for sure. I have a few photo shoots planned and the rest will be fun in the sun !!

I can't wait I have all of my sun dresses and cameras and all that is left to do is pack !!

That is most of the high lights in my life in the past 5 months. I have logged on and read a few blogs but I noticed some of my favorite blogs that I follow have stopped updating and it's sad because I really have enjoyed reading their blogs. I need to find some new blogs to follow and I also want to thank those that I do follow that still update. It's lots of working keeping up on blogging so hat's off to those that take the time to update us on there life !!

Hello Kitty Sterling Silver Necklace Giveaway

Hello to all,

I haven't posted in several months and to get back in the swing of things and to get the creative juices flowing I decided to do a giveaway on one of my favorite necklace from my esty shop !!

I am running this giveaway from today 5/15 to 5/22 at 5pm eastern time.

Hand Stamped Hello Kitty Sterling Silver Necklace

I love all things Hello Kitty ..who doesn't ?

This necklace is on an 18" sterling silver ball chain with a 5/8th sterling silver disc. and pink swarovski crystals. This necklace is valued at $33

Please note this is not a toy and is not intended for very young children.

Also Enjoy 15% off on everything in the entire shop this week using coupon code  15OFF at checkout ends 5/20

This Giveaway is open to everyone !

The rules are simple:

1. You must be an existing follower or become a new follower of this blog (please leave me the name you are following me under)
2. Leave a comment with a current e-mail address and your favorite item in my etsy shop
3. For one extra entry leave a comment on my fan page letting me know you signed up for the giveaway ( I have a surprise for those that leave a comment on the fan page ) You can leave a comment on a picture or on the wall !!
4. For two extra entries become a fan on Gash Jewels fan page on facebook. Just search Gash Jewels on fb and become a fan !

P.S For those that become a fan and leave a comment on my fan page or any picture on my fan page will be entered in another giveaway for next month...so stay tuned on my fan page because it will be worth it !!

I Got To Go To....

A movie premiere called Sunday Morning Rapture !! My friend had a small role in the movie and played the role of a reporter !! She did an awesome job !! It was really nice to be able to experience going to this movie premiere. It was a religious movie and she told me a huge church directed the movie. When we got there I realized it was a church I used to go to so it was really neat to see my old pastor there.

My friend also got to walk the red carpet !

Her dress was so pretty !!

Papa Sheals is what everyone called my old Pastor

There is my friend on stage with all of the castmates at the after party

The food at the after party !

Me being silly !!

Birthday's and Photo Shoots !!

Wow it has been awhile since I last updated everyone. It seems like I say that with every post. I am still super busy with my photography and with life in general. I have had a ton of birthday parties to go to and if I am not at a party I am at a photo shoot. So ya that is pretty much my life in a nutshell right now. I am going to share some pictures from one of my closest friends Bella's birthday party !! It was Lot's of fun  !

The birthday girl and her boyfriend

I cropped myself out of this picture because it wasn't my good side ;)

All the ladies and I am in this one all the way in the back.

It was a fun night for sure.

In the next few weeks I am going to do a giveaway on my fan page on facebook. Stay tuned for details.

Photography is on my mind

I have so much to talk about and I think I will start with my photography.It has been my latest hobby as of the last few months !! It was a slow start and now I am doing photo shoots just about every weekend and I love it. I am no normal photographer. I enjoy doing what they call fantasy shoots aka themed shoots. It truly tells your version of the story. Here is a collection of some of the pictures from the shoots I have done over the past couple of months

These last two pictures I took with film

To check out more from each shoot follow me on my photography blog if you like to get lost in a dream world.

Vacation Pictures from Dominican Republic

Hello All,

I can not believe that 2 months have crept by !! Wow just a couple of months ago I was so excited about my vacation to Dominican Republic and promised you all pictures and when I got back I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to share my pictures with you or my funny stories..lol !!

 We had so much fun and the resort was beautiful !! I am sure you saw in one of my previous post how many cameras I took and boy did I have fun taking pictures with all those different cameras.

When you arrive you get off the plane right on the landing strip and the airport is like a huge straw hut it's definitely not like the airports in the states.

We went on a couple of excursions while we were there. The first one was the sand buggies. We had no idea we would end up with mud all over us. It was so crazy you ride these things in the middle of the road and over in DR you can pass people in oncoming traffic and they drive so crazy it was scary but lots of fun. We drove them on the beach and then down dirt roads which led us to a cave. 

This is right before we walked down into the cave and jumped in cold water. The whole time we were walking down into the cave this dude was like you people are crazy they have snakes in the water that bite. I started to get nervous. But when it was my turn to jump I said screw it why not I am in DR in a cave let me do this. I did it and the water was so deep it took me which seemed like forever to get back up to the top and then I had to climb back up on a rope to get out. It was very adventurous.

The picture above of this pretty island we went on a party boat that took us to a couple of different islands and it was really neat.

no make-up just a sun tanned face

Snorkeling

Scuba diving lesson

Dinner at the resort.

swim up bar at resort

Picture of the resort..so pretty !!

We had such a nice time and the resort was so pretty and it was huge !!

I have so much to catch you all up on so I will be posting updates weekly.